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asunachidory 's review for:
Her Soul to Take
by Harley Laroux
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
FORCED myself through this. What should have been a weekend read took nearly two weeks! Read on recommendation.
Rae: Gradually became a depthless, shallow character as she repeatedly and numerously ran down the path least travelled directly into danger over and over again until she was little more than dumb bitch with a pain fetish.
Leon: Held the damn relationship development together with quick witt and banter, right up until he turned on a penny and started referring to Rae as “Babygirl” ad nauseam. And it was indeed nauseating.
It read like an episode of Sabrina with the Eldrich Terrors and BS Girl bossing.
Justice was served by side characters. The most relevant death went wholly unexplained. And the entire 300 odd pages felt like an excuse to just stereotype Leon into this demon BDSM Sub/Dom pigeonhole that totally retracted the plots impact for me.
Went into this expecting “Good girls” and instead got “Slap me til I climax” again, ad nauseam. Not my cup of kink. Completely skipped the spice scenes later in the book.
Will not be picking up the sequels.
Rae: Gradually became a depthless, shallow character as she repeatedly and numerously ran down the path least travelled directly into danger over and over again until she was little more than dumb bitch with a pain fetish.
Leon: Held the damn relationship development together with quick witt and banter, right up until he turned on a penny and started referring to Rae as “Babygirl” ad nauseam. And it was indeed nauseating.
It read like an episode of Sabrina with the Eldrich Terrors and BS Girl bossing.
Justice was served by side characters. The most relevant death went wholly unexplained. And the entire 300 odd pages felt like an excuse to just stereotype Leon into this demon BDSM Sub/Dom pigeonhole that totally retracted the plots impact for me.
Went into this expecting “Good girls” and instead got “Slap me til I climax” again, ad nauseam. Not my cup of kink. Completely skipped the spice scenes later in the book.
Will not be picking up the sequels.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder